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Distributed locking protocol with asynchronous token prefetch and relinquish

a technology of distributed locking and token prefetching, applied in the field of distributed locking, can solve the problems of greater overall message traffic and greater message delay, and achieve the effect of reducing overall message traffic and message overhead

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-04-17
IBM CORP
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The present invention provides a method for managing tokens used in locking shared resources of a communications environment. The method allows for asynchronous prefetching and relinquishing of tokens, and can handle multiple tokens in a single message. This reduces message delay, overall message traffic, and message overhead. The invention also includes processing requests using sequential numbers and flags to improve efficiency. The technical effects of the invention include improved performance and reliability in managing shared resources in a communications environment.

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This use of synchronous communications increased message overhead causing greater message delays and greater overall message traffic.

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[0031] In accordance with an aspect of the present invention, a distributed locking protocol is provided in which asynchronous messages are used to perform various actions related to the locking of shared resources, including the prefetching and / or relinquishing of tokens used to control access to the shared resources.

[0032] One embodiment of a communications environment incorporating and using aspects of the present invention is depicted in FIG. 1. As one example, the communications environment is a distributed computing environment 100 including, for instance, a plurality of frames 102 coupled to one another via a plurality of LAN gates 104. Frames 102 and LAN gates 104 are described in detail below.

[0033] As one example, distributed computing environment 100 includes eight frames, each of which includes a plurality of processing nodes 106. In one instance, each frame includes sixteen processing nodes (a.k.a., processors). Each processing node is, for instance, a Risc / 6000 compu...

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Asynchronous messages are used to prefetch and / or relinquish tokens used in providing locking of shared resources. A message is sent to prefetch one or more tokens, and prior to receiving a reply for the message, another message (e.g., an acquire) is sent for at least one of those tokens. Similarly, a message is sent indicating a voluntary relinquish of one or more tokens and without having acknowledgment that the relinquish request was processed, a further message (e.g., an acquire) is sent for at least one of the tokens. Multiple tokens may be acquired and / or relinquished in a single message to the token server. This reduces message delays and overall message traffic.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENTS / APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09 / 907,119, filed Jul. 17, 2001 and published Jan. 23, 2003 as U.S. Patent Publication No. US 2003 / 0018785 A1, entitled “Distributed Locking Protocol with Asynchronous Token Prefetch and Relinquish”, by Eshel et al., which is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. This application also contains subject matter which is related to the subject matter of the following patents, each of which is assigned to the same assignee as this application. Each of the below listed patents is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety: [0002]“Distributed Lock Manager Using a Passive, State-full Control-Server”, by Devarakonda et al., U.S. Pat. No. 5,454,108, issued Sep. 26, 1995; [0003]“Parallel File System With Extended File Attributes”, by Schmuck et al., U.S. Pat. No. 5,940,841, issued Aug. 17, 1999; [0004]“Parallel File System and Method for ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F7/00H04L12/417H04L29/08
CPCH04L12/417H04L69/329H04L67/10
Inventor ESHEL, MARCSCHMUCK, FRANK
Owner IBM CORP
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